Eve Ensler Quotes
The only point of having power it seems to me is to empower others. The only point of leadership is to inspire.
Quotes to Explore
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One of the prices that we pay for integration was the disintegration of the black community.
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All I want is an education, and I am afraid of no one.
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The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.
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Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.
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We have to tell people who need help that it's OK to ask for it.
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Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, it is soft.
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I've been on sets my whole life.
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I think there are so many phenomenal runners. I grew up watching Cathy Freeman, Kelly Holmes, and Michael Johnson, so I'd say they are my favourites.
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I'm missing work. We didn't have enough money for preschool. I had a panic attack. I couldn't do it. I became one of those horrible foster parents who give the kids back.
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The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don't like being singled out in any way, and I think that is something which is important for me to learn to do.
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The self is just our operation center, our consciousness, our moral compass. So, if we want to act more effectively in the world, we have to get to know ourselves better.
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I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.
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I always follow the same idea: Start small and disrupt to create something big.
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Entrepreneurship is really hard and painful - I'm not sure I'd recommend it for anyone who can't handle the extreme stress.
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I think the veil is a way of taking power away from women.
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Standing up to Ahmadinejad is not a partisan issue and should never be one.
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I don't listen to the news. I don't read the newspaper unless it's eccentric information - and the obituaries, of course.
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Losing my daughter was a very serious pain. There was always some empty space in my heart.
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As you get older, the assumption is you get wiser. I try to earn it by not staying still, not resting on laurels. A lot of people in other professions are retired at my age. I care about music more than ever.
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If we were handling a bomb which could go off at any minute as a result of our actions, we would mind ourselves and be delicate. Our words have the same power, yet we wield them around as though they were powerless and insignificant.
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Life is a beautiful, magnificent thing, even to a jellyfish. … The trouble is you won't fight. You've given up. But there's something just as inevitable as death. And that's life. Think of the power of the universe - turning the Earth, growing the trees. That's the same power within you - if you'll only have the courage and the will to use it.
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I've had versions of disability my whole life, first with my hearing and then when I couldn't walk for over a year.
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The only point of having power it seems to me is to empower others. The only point of leadership is to inspire.
